Kim then followed with a double 1080 attempt, but couldn’t stick the landing on the back end. The third runs opened with a pair of strong American efforts with Gold (85.75) pushing US team-mate Clark (83.50) off the podium. One by …

PYEONGCHANG (Reuters) - Chloe Kim blew away the competition to win the women’s snowboard halfpipe gold at Pyeongchang’s Phoenix Snow Park on Tuesday, the American teenager finishing well clear of China’s Liu Jiayu and compatriot Arielle Gold. The 17-year-old Kim produced a top score of 98.25 points on her third and final run to beat Liu by …

The 17-year-old from Torrance, California, dominated the Olympic women’s halfpipe snowboarding final on Tuesday, soaring to a gold medal four years in the making. Kim put up a score of 93.75 on the first of her three finals runs and then bettered it with a near-perfect 98.75 on her last run with the gold already well in hand.

Chloe Kim hugs everyone at the top of the slope before walking over to start a third run that is purely ceremonial at this point. She has the gold. Will she go for back-to-back 1080s? Frontside 1080 is good.